Tracy D. Smith

In 1996, Tracy Smith received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of British Columbia. She returned to UBC in 2000 for graduate school and attained an M.F.A. in Creative Writing with an emphasis on fiction and screenplay. From early 2003 to January 2006, Tracy was part of the Brightlight Picture's Development Department in which she was active in the development of projects such as Going the Distance (2004) for CHUM Television and Bruce Sweeney's feature, American Venus (2007). Tracy is on the board of directors for Women in Film and Video Vancouver and heads up the Exchange Mentorship program which puts women filmmakers in touch with established industry professionals who provide Her short film, Sandra Gets Dumped (2005) (with Carly Pope), which she wrote and directed, was one of the five winning shorts for the 2005 Crazy8s Film Competition. The sequel, Sandra Goes to Whistler (2005) (aka "Sandra Gets Laid"), was one of three projects for the Whistler Film Festival's Whistler Stories Program and screened as part of the Opening Gala Event in December 2005. Her feature film debut, Taming Tammy (2007), is currently in production.